After a Fashion

Did that gal on the local news crew DHOH? With so many great stylists in Austin: why, why, why??? And guess who was seen at Starlite again?

"...MADE FOR TV Ill-fitting clothes, horrible hair, wretched make-up, and frighteningly mismatched..."

Feb. 14, 2003 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...Test?" Jan. 25]. To make AISD profitable from its current break-even state, one must either increase revenue or cut..."

Feb. 8, 2002 Column

Explosive Dynamic Super Smash Hits!

Remembering ultimate cheese label K-tel

"...present hits direct-marketed to consumers via garish, cheaply produced TV ads. Although K-tel's buffet-style MO seems quintessentially American, the..."

May 4, 2001 Music Feature by Greg Beets

Being Robert McNamara

Through 'The Fog of War,' Errol Morris gets inside a mind full of hindsight, regret, and the lessons of Vietnam

"...in both World War II and Vietnam and the current administration's bellicose, absolute stance are disturbingly blatant, and watching..."

Feb. 20, 2004 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Countdown to Ecstasy

A New Drug for a New Millennium

"...Right now, though, he's reeling off his current lot in life: 32 years old, University of Texas..."

June 9, 2000 Music Feature by Marc Savlov

The Information Junkie

"...windmills, to the latest trends in designer sunglasses, to current therapies for canine hip dysplasia. I learned to think..."

Nov. 20, 1998 Screens Feature by Jon Lebkowsky

One of Them Days

Keke Palmer and SZA star in a likable throwback comedy

"...script from Syreeta Singleton (making her feature debut after TV’s Central Park and Insecure) wobbles unevenly between the broadest..."

Jan. 17, 2025 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Fly Me to the Moon

Scarlett Johansson is the best thing about this kinda-silly, kinda-sweet space-race rom-com

"...one well-regarded director best known for his work in TV, Jason Bateman, for another one, Greg Berlanti. How then..."

July 12, 2024 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The Last Voyage of the Demeter

Horror sets sail with the scariest section of Dracula

"...has been on the project for 20 years, and current Hollywood hot talent Zak Olkewicz (Bullet Train)...."

Aug. 11, 2023 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Austin at Large: Steve Adler, Scandal Machine

The ex-mayor not only can afford, but has earned, the right to swat away pesky flies

"...live and via the signals of ATXN, the city's TV channel – know that he, a District 9 resident,..."

Jan. 13, 2023 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

The Latest News From Austin Election Campaigns

District 5 and 8 candidate forums, Beto gets around, and so do local endorsements

"...pointing out that decades of inaction have caused the current housing crisis and that development needs to look beyond..."

Sept. 16, 2022 News Feature by The 'Chronicle' News staff

Faster Than Sound: Shared Frequencies Radio Connects Austin DJs with the World

Online electronic station celebrates third birthday Saturday at Coconut Club

"...Saturday, Jan. 22, 9pm at Coconut Club, also features current station residents like Dallas' Iamyu and locals Luvr Boy,..."

Jan. 21, 2022 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Texas Moving Image Industry Incentive Program Could Be a Lifeline for the State Economy

From script to screen to jobs

"...Texas Moving Image Industry Incentive Program (the state's film, TV, and gaming rebate) would be on the chopping block...."

Jan. 15, 2021 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Collective

Terrifying documentary exposes how graft turned a disaster into a national scandal

"...admits to a group of reporters that in the current state of the hospitals, five burn victims would be..."

Nov. 20, 2020 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Host

Screenlife horror is more than a ghost in the machine

"...show and used a coterie of real news and current affairs broadcasters as themselves, people felt it was real..."

July 31, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

The Hottest August

A month-long portrait of NYC captures our fears for the future

"...Unlike the other documentary on current release looking at New York life, The Booksellers, there..."

April 10, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Roger Waters and Erin Lee Carr to Keynote SXSW 2020

Also appearing: Phoebe Robinson, 50 Cent & Bon Appétit Test Kitchen

"...loudly critical of Israel’s occupation of Palestine and the current U.S. government’s building a border wall with Mexico...."

Nov. 12, 2019 SXSW Post by Kevin Curtin

Long Gone Wild

New film asks, what happened after Blackish brought orca torture to light?

"...just one company, in one country, and so reality TV veteran Bill Neal pulls the camera back to explore..."

Aug. 2, 2019 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Skam Austin Makes Our Social Media Part of the Story

Facebook Watch show follows teens, onscreen and IRL

"...story that's been told a hundred times over on TV, but not quite in this way – where the..."

July 27, 2018 Screens Feature by Mae Hamilton

The Ransom Center's "Vaudeville!"

This exhibition reveals how the history of that entertainment form is really the history of the U.S.

"...to the strike sounds like a line from a current NFL owner: "All this trouble is caused by agitators,..."

June 8, 2018 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Can New Republic Studios Be a Game Changer for Austin?

Massive makeover could make Austin the new Atlanta for film

"...platform, not just stages, but everything, involving the universities, TV, and gaming."..."

Nov. 21, 2017 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Playback: Armadillo Tales

A review of the best book on Austin’s 1970s music scene since The Improbable Rise of Redneck Rock

"...of a diesel garage. With no phone, funds, laptop, TV, or electricity, I excavated the van's only reading material:..."

April 7, 2017 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

The Future Is in Flux for the Texas Film Incentive Program

Texas loses productions to states with bigger and better incentive programs

"...Image Industry Incentive Program isn't just for cinema, but TV and video games, too. Now, as the program faces..."

Jan. 27, 2017 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Rick Perry, Lord of the Dance?

Why would a former Texas governor go on reality TV? Why not?

"...Perry must have some motivation for dropping into the..."

Sept. 2, 2016 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Council: Meet Your Waterloo

"...AW Director Greg Meszaros was an adjustment of the current regs, basically making permanent the once-a-week watering limit of..."

May 13, 2016 News Feature by Michael King

SXSW Film Announces Features Lineup

Competitive narratives and docs unveiled, plus more

"...last year saw the premieres of two critically acclaimed TV shows: Mr. Robot and UnReal. This year, I'd wager..."

Feb. 2, 2016 Screens Post by Josh Kupecki

Ant-Man

The Marvel Universe expands to include comedy

"...In our current age of obsessive entertainment consumption, there seems to be..."

July 17, 2015 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Point Austin: Budget in a Box

The budget year begins with the annual forecast

"...I'm writing this column with the reassuring drone of ATXN.TV in the background, as the city's budget administrators deliver..."

April 24, 2015 News Column by Michael King

Code Black

Shot by a filmmaker/physician over the years of his residency, this doc about ER medicine is immersive and eye-opening.

"...brutalizing amount of paperwork that’s now required in the current age of HIPAA laws. Code Black indeed follows a..."

Aug. 1, 2014 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Nonfiction and Memoir

Justin St. Germain, Stephen Harrigan, and more delight with these true tomes

"...begins with a childhood memory of a Fifties science-fiction TV show featuring a baby mammoth briefly revived from the..."

Oct. 25, 2013 Books Feature

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